Late in adding my list.

Obviously, music..
.mostly traditional folk, but classical has always been there. (I used to get LPs from the library... Gustav Holtz (The Planets) was one of the first.. My first wife was a classical pianist, so I heard Chopin, Mozart...etc., played LIVE 55 years ago. Bought her an LP of Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto because she said is about the most difficult.

"Thinking" as in philosophy & logic... tried to make it a career, but- life happened.... so I pursue it here. I have a sort of hobby finding flaws in the rantings of politicians, advertisements and other charlatans too numerous to mention.

Wood and woodworking... which is my retirement career/hobby. I have turned or cut up 200-300 types of wood from all over the world.

Science fiction...I don't read as much now, but have probably over a thousand books in my collection piles.

Computer freeware programs: (PC only).. it's like having toys to have 9 ways to do everything.... and often better than the payware or default stuff they give you.

Human sexuality: we are a complex species when we think up 'interesting' ways to express our libedos, and having worked for 3 years in an 'adult' bookstore and run 16MM projectors in a theater (until banned in Bible Belt Kansas), I am awed at the variety of expressions and the repression of them in various places.

Travel: I have visited & driven in 42 of the 50 states, and now the Google Earth exists, I can 'virtually'' visit & drive in much of the rest of the world.

Genealogy: I discovered that my father's side of the family, having lived in Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey...etc, is traceable back to England, Scotland, Wales, France and a couple of odd places. I 'seem' to be very (as in VERY) distantly related to Winston Churchill, Prince Phillip and a couple or others. I do have about 6-7 lines going back 12-14 generations.

History: no detailed knowledge... just like picking up interesting stuff that relates to everything else.

Pie... I love pie...except for the kinds I don't. Maybe I'm not a 'student' of it, but ....


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